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With Andrew McGregor.
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor,
Op 8 No 2 (Summer, The Four Seasons)
6.22 Mozart Symphony
No 38 in D, K504 (Prague)
7.05 Strauss Prelude:
Capriccio
7.32 Schubert Die schone
Mullerin
8.05 Frankel Overture:
May Day
8.32 Webern Im
Sommerwind

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.

With Edward Blakeman.
Kodaly Jesus and the Traders;
An Ode for Music
10.10 Artist of the Week:
Paul Sacher (conductor) Mozart Piano Concerto
No 9 in E flat, K271
10.45 lbert Deux chansons de Melpomene
11.30 Bach Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV 910
11.40 Dutilleux Mystere de l'instant

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blakeman.
Conductor:
Paul Sacher

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Birmingham
Lunchtime Concert
From Studio One,
Pebble Mill.
Kathryn Stott (piano)
Rossini La Pesarese; Un regret; Un espoir (Peches de vieillesse)
Satie Three Gymnopedies; Je te veux
Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42
Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat FREE TICKETS: phone (0121) [number removed]
2.00 Schools
2.00 Together 2.20 Time and Tune 2.40 Drama
Workshop
3.00 Midweek Choice:
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With Susan Sharpe.
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Including
Haydn Concerto in E flat for two homs
Vieuxtemps Variations on "Yankee Doodle"
Producer Susan Kenyon Discs
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4.00 Choral Evensong
From the Chapel of King's College,
Cambridge.
Introit: Glorious in heaven
(Whitlock)
Responses (Radcliffe)
Psalms 27; 119, w 137-
152 (Cutler, Lord. Momington, Turle)
First Lesson: Isaiah 30, w 15-21
Canticles: Collegium regale (Judith Bingham ) (first broadcast performance) Second Lesson: John 1, w 43-end
Anthem: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Bairstow) Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Organ voluntary: Toccata and Fugue (Jackson) Director of music
Stephen Cleobury.
Organ scholar James Vivian.

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Piano:
Kathryn Stott
Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Producer:
Susan Kenyon
Unknown:
Judith Bingham
Music:
Stephen Cleobury.
Unknown:
James Vivian.

From the Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Fiona Talkington. Skampa Quartet
Emily Beynon (flute)
Dvorak Miniatures for two violins and viola, Op 75a Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K285
Puccini / crisantemi
Suk Minuet for string quartet; Moravian Folk Song

Contributors

Flute:
Emily Beynon

The operatic debut of British composer Thomas Ades , to a libretto by Philip Hensher , was hailed as one of the events of the decade.
Inspired by incidents in the life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, it charts the decline and fall of a famous society beauty as she waits to be evicted from her hotel room. In this first broadcast performance, the composer conducts the cast of the original Almeida Opera production. Introduced by Chris de Souza.
Almeida Ensemble, conducted by the Composer A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Ades
Unknown:
Philip Hensher
Introduced By:
Chris de Souza.
Duchess:
Jill Gomez (sop)
Maid:
Valdine Anderson (sop)
Electrician:
Niall Morris (tenor)
Hotel Manager:
Roger Bryson (bass)

The Italian Songbook lain Burnside introduces the second of two programmes comprising a complete performance of Wolf's Italian Songbook. Joan Rodgers (soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano)
Producer Adam Gatehouse

Contributors

Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Baritone:
Gerald Finley
Piano:
Julius Drake
Producer:
Adam Gatehouse

Fifty Futures
The South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, 13 hours ahead of the Greenwich meridian, claims it will be the first nation to greet the millennium. Night Waves reports on the kingdom and its culture as it looks towards the next century. Christopher Cook also explores the changing customs and political meaning of May Day. Plus first-night news from By Jeeves, which opens the new Stephen Joseph
Theatre in Scarborough. Producer Julian May

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Stephen Joseph

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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